Senate Bill No. 415

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Ball, Jackson,

Kessler, White, Boley, Buckalew and Minear)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 5, 1998.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article one, chapter twenty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the division of environmental protection.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article one, chapter twenty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
§22-1-4. Division of environmental protection continued.

Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the division of environmental protection shall continue to exist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine two thousand.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Division of Environmental Protection until July 1, 2000, pursuant to the provisions of the West Virginia Sunset Law.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

This bill is recommended by the Joint Committee on Government Operations for passage during the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature.)